Jay Gourley

About 10 days ago, I started building two boxes. One is cherry with a maple and purple heart inlay, and the other is walnut with rosewood and walnut inlay (meant to be more subtle). The details on these projects are as perfect as I could make them. The level of precision on projects so small […]

Over the past couple of weeks, I built this perfectly-sized storage cabinet using knotty alder. It has tongue and groove sides with simple frame and panel doors and three sturdy drawers. It was an easy build using the same style as the other furniture in the bed room. It took me about two weeks to […]

Upcycled Pine Last week, a good friend asked if I could help her build a barn door-style door. I’ve built a few and knew it wouldn’t be too hard a job, so I agreed. She brought over 25 board feet of used Douglas Fir that came from an old house she had torn down. It […]

19/38 Drumsander and 8” Helicalhead Jointer During COVID, I got a drumsander. In the past when I’ve needed this resource, I’ve paid one of the cabinet shops in town to sand large panels for me. I finally bought one during COVID and it is by far one of the most used tools in my shop. […]

Hickory and Exotics  Several years ago, I started making picture frames for the cabin with a ½” inlay in the 1 ½” wide hickory frame. I created the inlay with maple, padauk, and wenge. Padauk is the orange color, wenge is the black, and maple is white. It created a classy look for a simple […]